Air battle over the Ore Mountains

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The Air battle over the Ore Mountains (German: Luftschlacht über dem Erzgebirge) took place around midday on 11 September 1944 between German and American air forces over the crest of the Ore Mountains near the village of Oberwiesenthal, above the Bohemian market town of Schmiedeberg (today Kovářská in the Czech Republic).

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Air battle over the Ore Mountains
Přísečnická, okres Chomutov

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N 50.438611111111 °	E 13.057777777778 °

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Přísečnická 610
431 86 okres Chomutov, Kovářská
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